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SOLOMON S. \VHITMORE, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOJOHN NEUMANN, OF SAME PLACE.

DUMPI NG-WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 440,936, dated.November 18, 1890.

Application filed July 14, 1890. Serial No. 358,745. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: the sills, and stops 10, upon the upperedges Be it known that I, SOLOMON S. \VHITMORE, of the sills andprojecting between the central acitizen of the United States, residingat Baland end stops 9 of the box, serve to prevent t-imore city, in theState of Maryland, have longitudinal sliding movement of the box 55invented new and useful Improvements in upon the sills. (See Fig. 1.)

' Dumping-\Vagons, of which the following is a A discharge-spout l1,cylindrical at its end specification. l2, and partly cylindrical at itsupper portion, My invention relates to dumping-wagons where it mergesinto the tail-gate 13 of the for coal and similar articles; and it hasfor box, projects downward and slightly rearward 6o 10 its objects toprovide improved means for from the rear end of the bottom of the box,dumping and delivering the load and for supand is formed with a flange14 at its lower porting the load during transportation. edge. A ring 15,Fig. 6, fits and turns upon To this end it consists in the improvedconthe lower cylindrical portion 12, Fig. 5, of the struction andarrangement or combination of discharge-spout, being retained upon thesame 65 15 parts, hereinafter fully disclosed in the de by the flange14, and said ring isprovided scription, drawings, and claims. with twodiametrically-opposite laterally-pro- In the accompanying drawings,Figure 1 jecting trunnions or pivots 16, upon which a represents a sideelevation of my improved short inner chute-section 17 is pivoted atdumping-wagon,showing the box or body and about the middles of itsupwardly-curved 70 20 the derrick lowered; Fig. 2, a side elevationsides, and has both a swiveling and tilting of the same, showing thederrick and the box movement. Said chute is formed with a flat i or bodyraised; Fig. 3,a longitudinal vertical bottom and with outwardly-bulgingcurved section of the same, showing the box lowered sides, whichterminate at their upper edges and tilted and the chute extended; Fig.4, a in vertical flanges. A chute-section 18 fits 75 transverse verticalsection of the same taken and slides upon said inner chute-sectionhavthrongh the swiveled chute of the body and ing correspondingly-shapedbottom and sides, looking forward; Fig. 5, a bottom plan View andanother chute-section 19 fits and slides of the body; Fig. (5, aperspective view of the over said section 18, Fig. '7. The forward endswiveled chute. Fig. 7 is a horizontal secof the first telescopingchute-section 18 is .80 tion of the same. Figs. 8 and 9 are enlargedformed with an upwardly-bent stop 20, which sectional views of thejoining ends of two may bear against the forward end of the innerchute-sections. Fig. 10 is avertical section of short chute-section 17,"'Figs. 2 and 3, and the the swiveled chute, and Fig. 11 is a bottomrear end of the bottom of said section 18 is view of the same; Fig. 12,an enlarged detail formed with two transverse slots 21, having 35 viewof the pawl and brake mechanism for the their forward edges slightlystruck up and hoisting-Windlass. their rear edges slightly struck down,so as to In the drawings, the numerals 1 1 indicate be engaged by twocorresponding springthe two sills which form the bed of the wagon,tongues 22, which are out out in and struck and are secured to andsupported by the bolup from the bottom of the forward end of the o sters2, the axles 3 and 4, and the wheels 5. outer telescoping chute-section,so as to form The upper edges of said sills are rounded oif stops forsaid section when it is drawn out to or beveled upon theirinner sides atGto form the extreme limit, Figs. 7 and 8. a perfectly-fitting seat forthe box or body 7 A partition 'or gate 23 is pivoted in the of thewagon. Said body is formed prefermiddle oftheboxbyarock-shaft24,journaled 5 5 ably of sheet metal, and oblong orelliptical in the sides of the box and provided with a in cross-section,with an open top. This shape handle 25 or crank at one end, by means ofof sheet-metal body, braced at the corners by which it may be rocked.The lower edge of interior braces'S, gives strength and comparasaidgate, which corresponds in shape to the q tively great carryingcapacity. Stops or cross=section of the box, bears against stops 50blocks 9 are formed upon the rounded sides 26 in the bottom of the box,Fig. 4.

of the box and rest upon the upper edges of A gate or valve 27, Figs. 4and 10, having I upon its ends outside of the sills.

a semicircular rear edge 28, slides in longitudinal ways 29 under thebottom of the wagon and cuts off the lower open cylindrical end of thedischarge-spout. The legs of a bail 30 are secured to the side edges ofsaid cut-off Valve or gate and slide in longitudinal bearings 31 underthe bottom of the box. A removable rod or lever 32, having a hooked end,may have its fulcrum in an eye or bail 33 upon the tail-gate of the box,and may bear either against the outer or inner side of the cross-bar ofsaid bail 30 for the purpose of pushing in or drawing out said cut-offvalve or gate to open or shut the same.

Tw'o longitudinal slightly outwardly diverging guide bails or rods 34are secured under the bottom of the box, and the telescopingchute-sections may be slid forward upon said bails and supported by themwhen not in use, Figs. 3, 5, and 8.

Two legs 35 of a folding derrick are pivoted upon twolaterally-projecting studs 36 upon the forward ends of the sills of thewagon, and are connected at their upper ends by a transverse rod 37. Twomovable legs 38 of the derrick are pivoted at their upper ends upon saidtransverse rod and have their lower ends pivoted to blocks or boxes 39,which slide upon two track-rods 40 secured to the sills. The

forward'ends of said track-rods are secured to the studs 36 and curvedownward in the arc of a circle, and after describing about a said drumsand winding upon and off from said drums. It is obvious that byrevolving said shaft and drums by means of the crank the lower ends ofthe movable derrick-legs may be drawn rearward or forward upon thetrack-rails, raising or lowering the derrick. A shaft 47, having a crank48 at one end, is journaled under the sills near their forward ends, andhas two drums 49 secured Two ropes or chains 50 are secured to saiddrums, to the cross bar or rod 37 at their other ends, and pass aroundsheaves 51, Fig. 1, journaled in cases or boxes 52 upon the inner facesof the sides of the box, and upon the rock-shaft 24 'of the gate 23, andaround sheaves 53, Fig.

3, journaled upon said cross bar or rod 37.

It is obvious that when the derrick is raised and the shaft and drums 4749 are revolved the wagon box or body may be raised from or lowered tothe sills, so as to elevate it to the desired height for dumping. Aratchet-wheel 54, Fig. 12, is secured upon the crank-shaft 47, and isengaged by a pawl or oted beneath the outer portions of said levers,

and may, when turned up, hold the same from engagement, respectively,with the ratchetwheel and the friction-disk.

Two pairs of offsets or shoulders 62 are secured upon the sides of thewagon-box near the front and rear ends of the same, and serve to rideupon the legs 35 and 38 to guide the box to a proper seat with its stopsor blocks 9 in their proper positions in relation to the stops 10 uponthe sills, when the box is lowered. The rear pair of offsets orshoulders serve also as rests for the legs of the derrick when thelatter is fully lowered or folded down.

Two ropes or chains 63 are secured to the wagon-box near its rear end,and are secured to a rope 64, which has a few turns around the forwardcrank-shaft 47 is then passed over guide-pulleys 65 at the forward endof the wagon-bed, and has a weight 66 secured at its end, this rope 64and its branches 63 and weight 66,'to turn the wagon-box when it israised, preventing the heavier forward end from overbalancing the rearend and giving the box the required tilt.

For the purpose of propping up the rear end of the wagon-box when it israised to its highest point or near the same, and for the betteradjustment of the tilting angle or inclination of the same for dumping,two rods 67 are provided, which may be inserted into holes 68 in thesides of the wagon-box near the rear end with their ends, which aretwice bent at right angles in the shape of a bayonet, Fig. 2. The lowerportions of said rods are bent into continuous rows of flat loops atright angles to the rods, as shown at 69, forming notches which may beslipped over the ends of the shaft 45 for the derrick-raising Windlass,or over the ends of arms 70 at the sides of the wagon-box.

In practice the wagon, being loaded with coal or whatever article is tobe delivered, is driven to the place nearest accessible to the cellar,bin, or whatever place the coal is to be dumped into. The telescopingchute -sections are thereupon drawn out to reach from the wagon to saidcellar or receptacle, the swivel-ring joints for the chutes allowing thewagon to stand at almost any angle to the line of delivery. The derrickis then hoisted to its raised position by its Windlass, whereupon thewagon-box may be raised to a height sufficient to cause the coal toslide freely through the chute by its gravity, and held raised by theratchet-wheel and pawlmit the forward half of the load to the chute.

hen the discharge is finished, the box may be lowered, and will come toits correct seat upon the sills by the ofisets or shoulders upon the boxsliding down upon the inclined legs of the derrick. The friction-brakewill control the speed of descent of said body. The derrick may now belowered by its windlass, the chutes slid in place, and the cutoff gateclosed, when the wagon is again ready for another load.

By providing the folding derrick for the wagon, the wagon-box may beraised to a considerable height, and consequently the coal may beconveyed through the chute to a considerable distance from the wagon. Byproviding the universal joint for the chute the coal may be deliveredwithin a considerable arc of the circle, so that the position of thewagon with relation to the point of reception is rather immaterial, andparts of the load may be delivered without change of position of thewagon into different receptacles, such as several bins in a cellar ordifferent cellars.

Two telescoping chute-sections only have been illustrated and described;but it is evident that any number of sections may be employed sufficientto convey the coal the required distance.

When the coal is to be dumped directly at the end of the wagon, thetelescoping sections may be slid off from the short inner chutesectionbysliding them forward upon the same and the short section alone used.

In small wagons or carts it maynot be necessary to employ a Windlass forraising and lowering the derrick; but this work may be done by directlypushing the movable rear legs of the derrick by hand or by means ofsuitable rods.

I claim as my improvement-- 1. In a dumping-wagon, the combination of awagon-bed and a dumping-body having side pulleys, a derrick mounted uponsaid bed independent of said body adapted to be folded and havingpurchase-pulleys, and cords or chains connecting said derrick-pulleysWith said body-pulleys, substantially as described, whereby the body canbe raised, and tilted after being raised.

2. In a dumping-wagon, the combination of a wagon-bed and a dumping-bodyhaving side pulleys, a derrick mounted upon said bed and havingpurchase-pulleys and cords or chains connecting said derrick-pulleyswith said body-pulleys, the supports or legs of said derrick arranged tobe raised and to be folded together upon the bed independent of thebody, substantially as described.

3. In a dumping-wagon, the combination, with the wagon bed and box, oflongitudinal track-rods secured upon said bed, a pair of derrick-legspivoted upon one end of said bed, a pair of blocks or boxes sliding uponsaid track-rods, a pair of derrick-legs pivotally connected at theirlower ends to said blocks or boxes and at. their upper ends to the endsof said other legs, a Windlass journaled in the wagon-bed, ropes orchains winding around said Windlass, carried around guide-pulleys at theends of said wagon-bed and having their ends secured to said slidingblocks or boxes, and means for raising and lowering said wagon-box fromthe upper ends of said derrick-legs, substantially as described.

4. In a dumping-wagon, the combination of a pair of sills mounted uponwheels and beveled upon the upper edges of their inner s des, stops uponthe upper edges of said sills, and

r a wagon-box having a rounded bottom fitting in the beveled edges ofsaid sills and provided with stops upon its rounded sides which restupon the upper edges of said sills and alternate with the stops upon thesame, substantially as described.

5. In a dumping-wagon, the combination of a discharge-spout formed witha cylindrical lower portion, a ring swiveled upon said cylindricalportion and provided with two diametrically-opposite studs, and a chutepivoted with its sides upon said studs, substantially as described.

6. In a dumping-wagon, the combination of a discharge-spout, a shortchute-section supported beneath the same and formed withoutwardly-bulgin g sides, two diverging guide bails or rodslongitudinally secured beneath the bottom of the wagon-body, and achutesection having outwardly bulging sides adapted to slide upon saidshort chute-section and to be slid in upon and supported by said guidebails or rods, substantially as described.

7. In a dumping-wagon, the combination of a short discharge-chutesection supported beneath the rear end of the wagon-body, with achute-section sliding upon the outer side of said chute-section andbeneath the wagonbody, and formed with an upwardly-bent flange or stopat its forward end adapted-to strike the forward end of said shortsection when said outer section is drawn out, substantially asdescribed.

8. In a dumping-wagon, the combination of a chute-section havingoutwardly-bulged sides and formed with transverse slots in the rear endof its bottom, having the forward edges struck up and the rear edgesstruck down, with a correspondingly-shaped chutesection sliding upon theoutside of said other section and provided in the forward end of itsbottom with rearwardly-projecting struckup spring-tongues adapted toengage said slots, substantially as described.

9. In a dumpingwagon, the combination of a wagon-box having adischarge-spout at its rear end formed with a cylindrical lower portionand with a partly cylindrical upper portion merging into the tail-gate,a cut-oft valve or gate having a semicircular rearedge and slidingbeneath the bottom of said wagonbox into said spout, and a bail havingits legs secured to the side edges of said valve or gate and sliding inWays or bearings upon the bottom of said wagon-box, substantially asdescribed.

10. Ina dumping-wagon, the combination of a four-legged folding derrickhaving pulleys at its top and supported upon the bed of the wagon, awagon-box having pulleys at the middle of its sides, awindlass journaledbeneath the bed of the wagon, and ropes or chains passed around saidpulleys and wound upon said windlass,substantially as described.

11. In a dumping-wagon, the combination of a four-legged derrick havingits legs supported at the forward and rear ends of the wagon-bed, stopsupon the wagon bed, a wagon-box having hoisting-ropes attached to saidderrick, and having stops alternating with the stops upon the bed, andshoulders or offsets upon the sides of said wagon -box adapted to bearagainst and be guided by the legs of the derrick, substantially asdescribed.

12. In a dumping-wagon, the combination of an upright derrick upon thewagon-bed, the wagon-box, a Windlass and ropes raising and lowering saidbox from said derrick, two ropes secured beneath the rear end of saidbox, and a rope secured to the ends of said ropes, carried around theshaft of said Windlass in the direction opposite to the Windlass-rope,and provided with a weight at its other end, substantially as described.

13. In a dumping-wagon, the combination of a derrick upon the wagon-bed,a wagon-box having means for being raised arid lowered from saidderrick, and formed with holes in its sides near the rear end, and rodshaving bayonet shaped ends for engaging said holes, and bent or loopedto form a series of notches to engage a shaft upon the wagon-bed,substantially as described.

14:. In a dumping-wagon, the combination of a Windlass for hoisting andlowering the wagon-box journaled in the wagon-bed and provided with aratchet-wheel and a frictiondisk, a lever fulcrumed upon the side of theWagon-bed and formed with a pawl or shoulder engaging saidratchet-wheel, a brake-lever fulcrumed concentric with said pawl-leverand bearing against said friction-disk, and two turn-buttons pivotedeccentrically beneath the outer portions of said levers and adapted tobe turned up to disengage said levers from their ratchet-Wheel andfrictiondisk, substantially as described.

15. In a dumping-wagon, the combination of a wagon-bed, a wagon-boxresting upon said bed, a derrick having the ends of two legs pivoted toone end of said bed, and the ends of two legs longitudinally slidingupon said bed, a Windlass journaled beneath said bed, ropes wound aroundsaid Windlass, carried around pulleys at the ends of said bed andsecured at their ends to the sliding ends of said derrick-legs, aWindlass journaled beneath said wagon-bed, and hoisting-ropes wound uponsaid Windlass and carried around pulleys upon said derrick andwagon-body, substan tially as described.

"In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

SOLOMON S. WHITMORE- Witnesses:

G. W. S. iWIUscnAvE, JNO. H. GUNDERSDORF.

